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Il-18a
Long-haul passenger airplaneIL-18 first rose in air in 1957. This first soviet turboprop airplane was not such rapid as its peer Tu-104, nevertheless it appeared surprisingly reliable and economical – it still has no rivals in economy of fuel. That is why a few machines fly till today in Air Force and on charter flights. There is the first serial model of this long-range passenger liner in the museum – IL -18А. An airplane has four propeller turbines with power of 4 thousand horsepowers each, and transports 89 passengers in the distance to 4800 kilometres with cruising speed of 650 kilometres per hour.
| First flight: | on July, 04 1957 |
| Crew: | 5 persons |
| Engines: | АІ - 20, 4 х 4000 e.h.f. |
| Length: | a 35.9 m |
| Wingspan: | a 37.42 m |
| An wing area covered: | 140 m2 |
| Flight weight(normal) : | 58 000 kg |
| Amount of passengers : | 89 |
| Maximal commercial load: | 12 000 kg |
| Cruising speed: | 650 km/h |
| Practical ceiling: | a 9 400 m |
| Distance of flight : | 4 800 kilometres |
| Running approach/is a run: | a 1250/1000 m |
| Mass production: | 1958-59 All is built 42 Ил-18А. In all it is produced airplanes of type of IL-18(all models, during 1958-78) : over 700 |
